Stocking-supporter



W/T/VEE I (No Model.) 1 v 7.11 BUTMAN.- 'STOGKING SUPPORTBIL `170,377,480.. Patented Peb. 7, 1838,

llNrTED STATES PATENT: OFFICE.

FRED P. BUTMAN, on HoLBRooK, yAssienoa To HIMSELF, AND EDWARD H. FENNEssY, or NnwToN,MAssAcHUsErTsI sTocKiNG-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 377,480, dated February' 7,1888.

i pplication filed December f2, 18871. Serial No. 256,84. i (No model.) i n To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that L'FRED P. BUTMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Holbrook, in the county of'Norfollc and State ofv Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Stocking-Supporters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, rcference being had to the accompanying drawings, making partof this specification, iny

whcha Figure l is a perspective view ot my/improvedstocking-supporter applied to the leg of a wearer. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the supporter. Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on the line x of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan of the adjustable fastening-plate detached. Fig. 5 is a view illustrating the manner in which the webbing is wrapped around the fold-plate and passed through its slot.

My invention relates to that class of stocking-supporters in which a slotted metallic foldplate is employed inconnection with a single band or piece of webbing which encircles the leg of the wearer, whereby the'pendent portion to which the stocking isattached is held securely at a right angle to the leg-encircling portion and made adjustable in length;l and my invention has for its object to greatly simplify the construction and cheapen the cost of stocking-supporters of this description without impairing their efficiency and ease of adjustment. f

To this end my invention consists in the combination,with a band or piece of webbing which encircles the leg of the wearer, of a foldplate having a single inclined slot and provided With an eye at one end to receive a hook attached to the free end of the baud, the webbing being folded over said plate and passed twice through the single slot in such amanner as to cause the pendent portion to -be held securely at a right angleto the leg-encircling portion andbe easily adjustable in length, Vas

hereinafter set forth.

In the said drawings, A represents a bandl or single continuouspiece of Yelastic webbing of sufficient length to form both the portion b, which encircles the leg 0f .thewearen' and the pendent portion c, to the lower end 4of which is secured a clasp, d, or other suitable attaching device adapted to engage with and 'in Fig.`l.

Bis a sheet-metal fold-plate of triangular form,which is provided with a single inclinedhold the upper `edge of the stocking, as

seen f slot, f, parallel with its lower edge, g, and eX-y .y tending from the corner h tothe corner z', aty which latter corner the plate is provided with y an eye, k, for the reception of the hookjl, secured to the free end of the band or webbing A, theplate at the end of which the hookr'lis formed Vhaving the usual slots, through whlch jV the webbing is passed and by means of which the leg-encircling portion is made adjustable in length `,in a well-known manner.

in applying the, webbing tothe fold-plater B one end is rst passed up through the slot f,

andthe portion drawn through is thenlaid over theouter face of theplate andv carried off on ythe right-hand sideas seen in Fig. 5. The

other end ofr the webbingis then carried up against ythe under-or inner side of the plate and folded over its upper edge, 10, after whlch it is passed down through the slot f, to form the pendent portion c, and is then drawn'down upon the portion l2, Fig. 5, lying upon the K outerlside of the'plate, the pendentportion c kbeing in this manner caused to assumeaposition at right anglesto the leg-encircling portion b and made'to lie on theinner side ofthe wearer is protected against any liability ofy use of a single continuous piece of webbing,

which can be readily loosened and pulledl through the single slot to vary the length of the pendent portion c in accordance with the length of the leg of the stocking worn, while the peculiar manner in which the webbing is folded or wrapped aroundv said plate enables it to b'esecured firmly inplace with but a sin-fAI ,f

gle slot,instead of requiring two or more slots, as shown in formerpatents, thus greatlysirn plifying the construction and reducing thecost of manufacture.. Furthermore, ythev webbing foldedfupon the plateV in the manner described n entirely covers the inner metallic surface, as

fseen in Fig. 3, thereby preventing corrosion of the sameand the consequent liability ofthe.

clothing becoming soiled.

a 8ol lower edge, gof the folfd-plate, whereby the t IOO LII

The above-described stocking-supporter may be readily adj usted to t the smaller portion ofthe leg below the knee comfortably and without requiring any compression to hold it in p1ace,while if the attaching device at the end of the pendent portion c should become accidentally unfastened from the upper edge of the stocking the leg-encircling portion b would remain in place upon the leg without slipping down thereon. K

I am aware that a slotted plate for a Astocking'supporter is not broadly new, and that a slotted fold-plate has been provided with an eye to receive a hook attached to the free end of the leg-encircling band. I do not therefore claim such as my invention, the same being shown in the patent of W. W. Anderson, No. 220,692, dated October 21, 1879.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In astocking-supporter,the combination, with a band or piece of webbing which encircles the leg of the wearer, of a fold-plate, B, provided with 'a single inclined slot, f, the webbing being folded upon said plate and passed twice through the slotf, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

2. A stocking-supporter composed of a singie piece of webbing having a hook at one end, combined with a fold-plate, B, having a single inclined slot, f, and an eye at one end or corner for the reception of thc hook attached to the free end of the band or leg-encircling portion b, the webbing being folded upon the plate B and passed twice through the slot f, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

Witness my hand this 29th day of November, A. D. 1887.

FRED P. BUTMAN.

In presence of l?. E. TEsoHEMAoHER, H. W. AIKEN. 

